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Today’s opponents Millwall FC are currently 16th in the Sky Bet
Championship with 50 points from 43 games. The Lions have
won their last two fixtures against Leicester and Cardiff.
Millwall announced the appointment
of Neil Harris as its new Head Coach
in February 2024. The 46-year-old
joined on a contract until June 2025
with Dave Livermore, who - alongside
Adam Barrett – became Assistant
Head Coach. Harris managed the
Lions between 2015-2019, steering
the club to consecutive Sky Bet
League One play-off finals – winning
the second against Bradford City in
2017 – before establishing Millwall in
the Championship, narrowly missing
out on the top six in the first season
back in the second tier. During his
playing career, Harris became the
Lions’ record goalscorer, finding the
net 138 times.
MANAGERIAL RECORD:
WON: 171
DRAWN: 108
LOST: 147
MANAGED: 426
SAFC WINS
MILLWALL 1-1 SUNDERLAND
(DEC 2023)
MILLWALL 1-1 SUNDERLAND
(FEB 2023)
SUNDERLAND 3-0 MILLWALL
(DEC 2022)
MILLWALL 1-1 SUNDERLAND
(MARCH 2018)
SUNDERLAND 2-2 MILLWALL
(NOV 2017)
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Sunderland’s Academy has an outstanding record of developing
players through the Club’s youth system. This season Rob Mason
takes a look at over 20 home-grown success stories.
GEORGE HONEYMAN
While George Honeyman will be
doing his professional best to
help Millwall beat Sunderland this
afternoon, there is no doubt that
the Lions midfielder is very much
one of our own here at Sunderland.
George came to the club as an
11-year-old having been spotted
by scout Mike Ingoe and worked
his way through the youth system.
A highly-successful academy
graduate, he made just under 100
first-team appearances and twice
captained the Lads at Wembley.
A club report on Honeyman when
he began his scholarship read,
“George joined the academy as
an U11, very exciting player with
great ball skills. Can play as a striker
or wide player. George comes
from Prudhoe, Northumberland.”
Those ball skills instantly marked
Honeyman out. Not wanting to
pressurise him by making this
comparison in any club publication I
was writing for, when I first watched
George as he came into the Under-
18s he reminded me so much of Joe
Cole who in the previous decade
had taken his tally of full England
caps to over 50. Pretty much exactly
the same height and weight,
Honeyman was so reminiscent of
Cole as he came through the youth
team. He possessed the same sort
of balance and low centre of gravity
that enabled him to maximise his
vision and ability to execute a pass.
As he has got older Honeyman has
added other aspects to his game,
but as a youngster it was adhesive
control and crisp penetrative
passing that marked him out as
player who distinctly looked as if he
would ‘make it’.
It was the final day of March in
2011 when Honeyman debuted
at Under-18 level, coming off
the bench in a defeat away to
Manchester United. A first start
followed a couple of days later in a
win over Huddersfield. Two games
further on George claimed his first
assist as he set up Billy Knott for the
only goal of a match with Barnsley
youths. There was better to follow
next time out he featured in an
away win at Newcastle United, a
club he had been with when very
young before playing for Prudhoe
Boys club under the guidance of Jed
Devlin and Duncan Graham. Having
progressed into the Under-18s at
Sunderland, Honeyman helped
Kevin Ball’s team to win their league
for the fourth time in five seasons
before losing on penalties to Fulham
in Premier Academy League semifinal
play off
Picking him out as a name to look
out for, Honeyman was interviewed
in the club magazine ‘Legion of
Light’ in the summer of 2011, over
two-and-a-half-years before his
first-team debut. Asked to describe
himself as a player, George, replied,
“I would say I try to be different.
My game involves dribbling,
even though I get wrong for it
sometimes, but that’s the main part
of my game.” Having been taken to
Barcelona by his mam to see Lionel
Messi play as a birthday treat a year
before his Under-18 debut, George
certainly had the best in the world
to witness before setting out on his
own senior career path.
Always at his best on a good surface
where his willingness to keep
the ball on the deck is at its best,
when George debuted it was on a
quagmire of a pitch at Bradford as
Phil Parkinson’s Bantams bundled
Gus Poyet’s Sunderland out of the
FA Cup. Honeyman was introduced
for the final few minutes. Those four
minutes was the only opportunity
George got under Poyet. It was 15
months later under Sam Allardyce
that Honeyman got a second
chance – and a Premier League
debut – as a final day of the season
sub at Watford. In the meantime,
experience had been gained
with nine appearances on loan
to Gateshead where he played
for former Sunderland stalwarts
Malcolm Crosby and Gary Owers.
With Allardyce leaving to take over
as England boss Honeyman’s third
first-team appearance came under
a third different manager, this
time David Moyes. It came in an
FA Cup replay at Burnley where he
impressed so much, he was given a
first Premier League start four days
later at West Brom. There were a
couple of further Premier League
outings as Moyes took Sunderland
down. 2017-18 was George’s
breakthrough season as he made
45 appearances and scored his first
seven goals, although he was unable
to stop Sunderland suffering a
second-consecutive relegation.
Appointed captain as Jack Ross
attempted to lead the Lads out of
League One, Honeyman twice led
the side out at Wembley. In a sport
where the margins between delight
and devastation can be marginal,
defeat in the Checkatrade Trophy
and play-off finals were tasted on
penalties and then a last-minute
goal. That second Wembley game
proved to be George’s last for
Sunderland. Under the leadership
of chairman Stewart Donald he was
sold for a reported £400,000 to Hull
City in the summer, taking George
back into the Championship.
After suffering relegation with the
Humberside club, he performed a
clean sweep of club Player of the
Year awards in 2020-21 as he was
selected for the PFA League One
team of the season as well as being
nominated for the EFL League One
Player of the Season.
Honeyman swapped the Tigers
for the Lions after 127 games
with the Humberside outfit. Now
coming towards the end of his
second season in London, George
is a key man for Millwall. Now an
experienced player on course (at
the time of writing) to top 300
senior appearances (excluding his
games for Gateshead) before the
end of the season, George will turn
30 in September. There’s a long way
still to go in George’s career but
having gone all the way from the
Under-11s to captaining Sunderland
at Wembley he will always remain
one of our own.
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SUNDERLAND AFC HONOURS
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‘Championship’ winners:
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Welcome back to the Stadium
of Light for our penultimate
home game of the season
against Millwall and to the
latest edition of Red & White!
CONOR GARDNER
EDITOR, RED & WHITE
AS WE
CELEBRATE ST.
GEORGE’S DAY
THIS WEEK,
WE TURN THE
SPOTLIGHT
ONTO THE
29 PLAYERS
WHO HAVE
PLAYED FOR
THE THREE
LIONS WHILE
REPRESENTING
SUNDERLAND.
Today's Opponents:
MILLWALL
FC
ST
GEORGE’S
DAY
The most recent of these was
Jermain Defoe who won the last two
of his 59 England caps in 2017. JD
scored against Lithuania at Wembley
and came off the bench as a late
sub in a draw against Scotland at
Hampden Park.
England have played full
internationals at the Stadium of
Light seven times, the most recent
against Australia at the Stadium of
Light in 2016. On the first occasion
TheBoss:
NEIL HARRIS
the national team hosted a game
on Wearside, in 1891, Tom Porteous
became the first Sunderland player
to be capped. This was at the old
Newcastle Road Ground Sunderland
played at before they moved
to Roker Park. Porteous – who
appropriately, as we are marking St.
George’s Day, was born in George
Street in Newcastle – played in
a 4-1 win over Wales. A full back,
Porteous actually thought he had
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scored from a free kick only for it to
be disallowed as the free-kick was
indirect.
The greatest George to play for
Sunderland was George Holley.
Inducted into the SAFC Hall of
Fame last November, George holds
the record for scoring more goals
for England while on Sunderland’s
books than any other player.
A debut scorer against Wales,
Holley netted eight goals in 10 full
ONE OF
OUR OWN
internationals, including braces in
8-2 and 8-1 wins away to Hungary
and Austria on consecutive days
in 1909. In addition, Holley scored
three more goals in as many games
against South Africa during an FA
tour in the summer of 1910.
Dave Watson is Sunderland’s most
capped England international. Man
of the Match in the 1973 FA Cup final,
Watson won the first 14 of his 65
caps while with Sunderland. Strictly
speaking it is another Watson who
is Sunderland’s most capped player.
Willie Watson played 27 times for
England but 23 of these appearances
were at cricket! He once scored a
century against Australia at Lords
and is one of only 12 men to be
capped by England at both sports.
One of his four caps at football came
at Roker Park in 1950, in a 4-2 win
over Wales (for whom Sunderland
centre-forward Trevor Ford scored
both of the visitors' goals).
In another international at Roker
Park Sunderland’s Phil Bach won his
only cap as England beat Ireland 13-2
in 1899.
Two of the greatest Sunderland
players to be capped by England
were Raich Carter and Charlie
Buchan, both members of the
SAFC Hall of Fame. The Sunderland
player most likely to be included in
an all-time England team, insideforward
Carter only won 13 caps as
his career was interrupted by World
War Two. Carter played in a further
18 unofficial war-time internationals,
scoring 19 goals. Buchan also had
his career split by war, in his case
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INTERIM
HEAD COACH
MIKE DODDS
Mike Dodds
Good afternoon and welcome back to the Stadium of Light for
our penultimate home game of the season against Millwall.
I’d like to begin by welcoming Neil
Harris and the Millwall supporters who
make the journey from the capital.
Looking back at Saturday’s win at West
Brom, I was delighted with the way
the team controlled the game – it
was a very professional performance
and the third game in a row where
I thought we really stuck to our
task.
Of course, the sending off was a
big turning point in the game, but
even before that I didn’t feel like
they really got to our goal.
Pierre Ekwah scored a great goal on
the stroke of half time, and it took
away any anxiety and allowed us to
manage the game in the second half.
To bounce back and keep three clean
sheets in a row following the disappointing
performance against Blackburn Rovers
shows the character in the group.
Five clean sheets in six games has given
us a strong platform to build on. We
want to be more fluid in possession, but
we look like a very tough team to play
against.
OUR FOCUS NOW
IS TO GIVE YOU
SOMETHING TO
SHOUT ABOUT AS
THE SEASON COMES
TO A CLOSE
Our focus now is to give you
something to shout about as the
season comes to a close.
We know today’s game is going to be
another tough test – Millwall are a welldrilled
team who have picked up some
crucial wins over the past month or so to
steer away from the relegation places.
They will provide a different threat
to what we have faced recently, but
that’s the challenge this division
presents and it’s a challenge that
we, as a team, have to embrace.
Your support at Leeds and West Brom last
week was incredible and as ever, I’m sure
you’ll be right behind us this afternoon.
MIKE
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DAN BALLARD
DanBallard
Good afternoon and welcome back to the Stadium of Light as we
welcome Millwall to the Stadium of Light.
I was really pleased with the way we
managed the victory at West Brom. It
probably wasn’t our best performance
as a team, but we’ve been a lot better
defensively in recent games. We’ve got
five clean sheets in six games now and
as a defender I am really pleased with
that. I was getting a bit of stick during
the game too so that added to the win!
I feel like we are limiting the opposition
to very little. We haven’t had the
chances we would like, but hopefully
we can turn these performances into
more victories. We want to score more
goals, keep more clean sheets and
have a strong end to the season.
Millwall are a side that I know really well.
They come to make things difficult but
they are also fighting to secure their
Championship safety, so we’ll have to be
up for a battle today. No one will lie down
as we look to end the season on a high.
WE JUST CAN’T
THANK YOU
ENOUGH FOR YOUR
UNBELIEVABLE
SUPPORT THIS
SEASON
It might seem like there isn’t much
to play for now, but you continue to
back us in your numbers just like we
saw at Leeds, West Brom and every
fixture all season. It amazes me and the
players. We just can’t thank you enough
for your unbelievable support this
season.
Enjoy the game and Ha’way the Lads!
DAN
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ST
GEORGE’S
DAY
AS WE
CELEBRATE ST.
GEORGE’S DAY
THIS WEEK,
WE TURN THE
SPOTLIGHT
ONTO THE
29 PLAYERS
WHO HAVE
PLAYED FOR
THE THREE
LIONS WHILE
REPRESENTING
SUNDERLAND.
The most recent of these was
Jermain Defoe who won the last two
of his 59 England caps in 2017. JD
scored against Lithuania at Wembley
and came off the bench as a late
sub in a draw against Scotland at
Hampden Park.
England have played full
internationals at the Stadium of
Light seven times, the most recent
against Australia at the Stadium of
Light in 2016. On the first occasion
the national team hosted a game
on Wearside, in 1891, Tom Porteous
became the first Sunderland player
to be capped. This was at the old
Newcastle Road Ground Sunderland
played at before they moved
to Roker Park. Porteous – who
appropriately, as we are marking St.
George’s Day, was born in George
Street in Newcastle – played in
a 4-1 win over Wales. A full back,
Porteous actually thought he had
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scored from a free kick only for it to
be disallowed as the free-kick was
indirect.
The greatest George to play for
Sunderland was George Holley.
Inducted into the SAFC Hall of
Fame last November, George holds
the record for scoring more goals
for England while on Sunderland’s
books than any other player.
A debut scorer against Wales,
Holley netted eight goals in 10 full
internationals, including braces in
8-2 and 8-1 wins away to Hungary
and Austria on consecutive days
in 1909. In addition, Holley scored
three more goals in as many games
against South Africa during an FA
tour in the summer of 1910.
Dave Watson is Sunderland’s most
capped England international. Man
of the Match in the 1973 FA Cup final,
Watson won the first 14 of his 65
caps while with Sunderland. Strictly
speaking it is another Watson who
is Sunderland’s most capped player.
Willie Watson played 27 times for
England but 23 of these appearances
were at cricket! He once scored a
century against Australia at Lords
and is one of only 12 men to be
capped by England at both sports.
One of his four caps at football came
at Roker Park in 1950, in a 4-2 win
over Wales (for whom Sunderland
centre-forward Trevor Ford scored
both of the visitors' goals).
In another international at Roker
Park Sunderland’s Phil Bach won his
only cap as England beat Ireland 13-2
in 1899.
Two of the greatest Sunderland
players to be capped by England
were Raich Carter and Charlie
Buchan, both members of the
SAFC Hall of Fame. The Sunderland
player most likely to be included in
an all-time England team, insideforward
Carter only won 13 caps as
his career was interrupted by World
War Two. Carter played in a further
18 unofficial war-time internationals,
scoring 19 goals. Buchan also had
his career split by war, in his case
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World War One. Sunderland’s
all-time record league goalscorer,
Buchan scored four goals in his six
full internationals, two of these
coming in away wins over Belgium
and France when he captained his
country.
Another legendary figure to score
for England whilst a Sunderland
player was ‘The Clown Prince of
Soccer’ Len Shackleton. However,
he was never capped again after
scoring a brilliant individual goal
against reigning world champions
West Germany at Wembley in 1954.
Shack’s refusal to bow to officialdom
meant that one of the most skilful
footballers in the history of the
game was only capped five times.
In more recent years, in addition
to Defoe, Darren Bent, Frazier
Campbell, Danny Welbeck (who was
on loan from Manchester United),
Michael Gray, Kevin Phillips and
Gavin McCann were all capped
while playing for Sunderland. Of
the England squad likely to go to
the Euro’s this summer, Jordan
Henderson won the first of what
to date are 81 caps while with the
Lads. Jordan Pickford was on the
bench for England three times as
a Sunderland player but wasn’t
capped at full level until after
leaving the club. Ridiculously, Jim
Montgomery never won a full cap
for England although he was on
the bench for a friendly
with France in 1969.
Albert McInroy remains
the only goalkeeper
to win a full cap
for England,
something he did
against Ireland
in 1926. Known
as Albert the
Great, he was
born in 1901 –
on St. George’s Day.
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FREDA OYSTON
& PAT SNOWDON
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ENORMOUSLY
SADDENED
TO HEAR OF
THE RECENT
DEATHS OF TWO
OF THE CLUB’S
MOST DEVOTED
SUPPORTERS,
FREDA OYSTON
AND PAT
SNOWDON.
Freda, 84, was the ever so hardworking
secretary of the Disabled
& Escorts Supporters’ Branch.
From the mid 1990s until recent
years when deteriorating heath
prevented her from carrying on
the many hours of unpaid work she
willingly took on, Freda organised
tickets, transport and accessible
parking for her members. She was
also a powerful and persistent
voice standing up for disabled
fans. Freda also organised many
fundraising events for the branch,
often attended by players and
the manager of the day. Until his
death in January 2021 Freda did
this alongside her husband Eddie
Oyston. Prior to the creation of the
Disabled & Escorts branch – who
even had a coach at an FA Youth
Cup quarter-final at Charlton
Athletic in 2008 – Freda and Eddie
organised the Durham branch
transport through the 1980s and
early 90s. Also regulars at reserve
(now Under-21) matches, Freda’s
distinctive voice berating any
opponent who put in a foul tackle
on any of ‘her lads’ would always
be part and parcel of nights at
Eppleton.
Last Wednesday Pat Snowdon
was laid to rest at St. Benet’s in
Monkwearmouth. Pat and her late
husband Bob joined the Senior
Supporters’ Association in 2001 with
Bob being the branch treasurer for
many years. Pat, who was 89, for
many years ran the branch raffle and
along with Bob organised the Senior
Supporters’ end of season coach
trips. Always a welcoming person
with a beaming smile, Pat was one
of those loyal supporters who kept
a low profile but was red and white
to the core.
Both Pat and Freda will be
sorely missed but very fondly
remembered.
Freda Oyston
receives an award on
behalf of the fans from
skipper Dean Whitehead
in 2006.
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Today's Opponents:
MILLWALL
FC
Today’s opponents Millwall FC are currently 16th in the Sky Bet
Championship with 50 points from 43 games. The Lions have
won their last two fixtures against Leicester and Cardiff.
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PreviousMeetings:
MILLWALL 1-1 SUNDERLAND
(DEC 2023)
MILLWALL 1-1 SUNDERLAND
(FEB 2023)
SUNDERLAND 3-0 MILLWALL
(DEC 2022)
MILLWALL 1-1 SUNDERLAND
(MARCH 2018)
TheBoss:
NEIL HARRIS
Millwall announced the appointment
of Neil Harris as its new Head Coach
in February 2024. The 46-year-old
joined on a contract until June 2025
with Dave Livermore, who - alongside
Adam Barrett – became Assistant
Head Coach. Harris managed the
Lions between 2015-2019, steering
the club to consecutive Sky Bet
League One play-off finals – winning
the second against Bradford City in
2017 – before establishing Millwall in
the Championship, narrowly missing
out on the top six in the first season
back in the second tier. During his
playing career, Harris became the
Lions’ record goalscorer, finding the
net 138 times.
MANAGERIAL RECORD:
WON: 171
DRAWN: 108
LOST: 147
MANAGED: 426
SUNDERLAND 2-2 MILLWALL
(NOV 2017)
0WINS
4DRAWS
1LOSS
Head-toHead:
16
SAFC WINS
12
DRAWS
13
LIONS WINS
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PLAYER PROFILES:
The Lions
#
20
MATIJA
SARKIC
#
6
JAPHET
TANGANGA
#
5
JAKE
COOPER
#
4
SHAUN
HUTCHINSON
The 26-year-old
goalkeeper joined Millwall
on a long-term contract
from Wolverhampton
Wanderers. Born in
Grimsby, Sarkic is a
Montenegro international
with eight caps to his
name. Beginning his
career at Belgian side
Anderlecht, Sarkic moved
to Aston Villa in 2015,
before taking in loan
spells at Wigan Athletic,
Havant & Waterlooville
and Livingston. A
permanent move to
Wolves materialised in
2020, with further loan
moves to Shrewsbury
Town, Birmingham City -
in which the stopper won
the Supporters' Player of
the Year crown - and most
recently Stoke City.
Millwall signed Tanganga
on loan from Tottenham
Hotspur until the end of
the 2023-24 campaign
in January this year.
Tanganga, who can play
at right-back or centreback,
is a graduate of
the North London club's
academy and has gone on
to make a half-century of
first-team appearances
in all competitions in
N17. The 25-year-old has
represented England at
every age group from
Under-16 to Under-21,
amassing 36 youth
appearances.
Cooper initially joined the
club on loan from Reading
in January 2017, but after
impressing and helping
the Lions on the way to
the Sky Bet League One
play-off final trophy, Neil
Harris opted to bring Jake
to the club permanently
that summer. After
playing every minute of a
second successive season
in 2019-20, an incredible
run for the defender came
to an end in December
2020 as he missed his
first game in 136 matches.
He has made over 300
appearances for Millwall.
Club captain Hutchinson
began his career with
Motherwell, making
his debut in 2009, and
featured a further 140
times. During his time
with the Scottish club,
he picked up experience
of playing in the Europa
League and Champions
League qualification
stages. The centreback,
who was born
in Newcastle, joined
Fulham in 2014, making
31 appearances in his first
season at Craven Cottage.
He joined Millwall in 2016
and has gone on to make
over 200 appearances.
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#
23
GEORGE
SAVILLE
#
39
GEORGE
HONEYMAN
#
21
MICHAEL
OBAFEMI
#
19
DUNCAN
WATMORE
Saville's career began at
Stamford Bridge in the
Chelsea youth setup,
before a loan move to
the Lions handed him
his first professional
start in 2013. He then
joined Wolverhampton
Wanderers on a
permanent before
further loan spells before
joining the Lions on a
long-term contract. A
multi-million-pound move
to Middlesbrough arose
in August 2018, but after
three years away, Saville
returned to The Den for
his fourth spell at the club.
The attacking midfielder
began his career at
Sunderland where he
spent five seasons,
including gaining Premier
League experience,
becoming club captain
and twice leading the
team out at Wembley
Stadium. He played 97
times for the Black Cats
in all competitions.
Honeyman then joined
Hull City before switching
to the capital in 2022
where he has made over
60 appearances at The
Den.
Republic of Ireland
international Obafemi
joined Millwall on loan
in January from Premier
League outfit Burnley.
After starting his career at
Southampton, he headed
to Wales to join Swansea
City before the move to
Turf Moor. Since the turn
of the year, the powerful
forward has scored twice
in 13 games for the Lions.
Born in Dublin, Obafemi
has received 11 caps for
his nation, scoring twice,
including one against
Scotland in the Nations
League.
After impressing for
National League side
Altrincham, Watmore
was quickly snapped up
by Sunderland in 2013,
joining for an undisclosed
fee. The hard-working
winger went on to feature
87 times for the Black
Cats, scoring eight goals.
Watmore then made the
short journey south to
Middlesbrough where he
featured over 100 times
before heading to The
Den in January 2023. He
has scored six times in 47
appearances for the Lions.
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NickBarnes'
This afternoon’s match marks Benno’s 1000th as BBC
Radio Newcastle’s Sunderland summariser!
I reached that landmark against
Stoke City earlier in the season,
but for the majority of those
1000 Benno has been at my side
through thick and lots of thin!
Our first season together was
2003-04 and it was a season in
which Millwall played a big part.
Sunderland were in the then Division
One, now the Championship, and
we faced Millwall twice in the league
of course but also in the semi-final
of the FA Cup. Dennis Wise and Tim
Cahill were two players we came to
detest as Millwall ran out winners
Tim Cahill celebrates scoring the winning goal
in all three. Noel Whelan scored
the winner at the Stadium of Light
in a 1-0 victory. Former Sunderland
striker Danny Dichio scored both
in the return fixture at Millwall,
with Marcus Stewart scoring one
in reply and then Tim Cahill broke
our hearts at Old Trafford when he
scored the only goal in the FA Cup
semi-final. The now manager at
Millwall, Neil Harris, was an integral
part of that Millwall team and it’s no
coincidence since his return to The
Den he has transformed Millwall’s
fortunes this season. The team spirit
in the Millwall team back in 2003
reminds me very much of the team
spirit engendered at Sunderland
by Peter Reid and Bobby Saxton.
Our first visit to The Den reminded
us why Millwall was seen as a
‘tough’ place to play. Stepping off
the train at South Bermondsey, a
stone’s throw from the stadium,
we immediately noticed the caged
walkway for the away fans to protect
them on their walk in. Tales from
the old Den were notorious and
players knew they were in for a
difficult afternoon. Over the years
the ‘new’ Den, although these days
it is now known as just The Den,
has forged a reputation for being a
difficult place to play too and Benno
and I when watching the home fans
from the press box can understand
why!! They take no prisoners and
certainly make their views of the
referee and opposition vociferously.
That afternoon in January 2004
sitting feet away from us among
the Millwall fans was the former
boxer Neil Ruddock who seemed to
aptly mirror the atmosphere in the
ground. It is also no surprise former
heavyweight champion David Haye
is a Millwall fan. Benno and I met
him once in the VIP section of a
nightclub in St.James’s in London...
but that’s a story for another day!
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Amad celebrates his goal during Sunderland’s 3-0 win over Millwall in 2022.
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As part of this collaboration,
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HOLLEYDAYS
I recently had the pleasure of
spending the afternoon in the
company of the grandson of the
legendary George Holley. George
holds the record of scoring
more goals for England while on
Sunderland’s books than anyone
else. He was a leading member of
the team who won the league and
reached the cup final in 1913. His
11 hat-tricks for the club included
one in the celebrated 9-1 win away
to Newcastle in 1908. George was
inducted into the Sunderland AFC
Hall of Fame earlier this season.
George’s grandson Peter and his
wife Angela were on holiday in
Scotland just a few miles from where
I live and kindly invited me along to
their holiday residence for a cup of
tea and a chat about the club now
and then. Peter is rightly proud
of his footballing heritage. Apart
from grandad George, George’s son
and Peter’s father Tom was also a
successful player. After being on the
books at Sunderland without getting
a game Tom started out at Barnsley
where George was working as the
club’s trainer. Tom later went on to
sign for Leeds in 1936. He went on to
captain the club who he stayed with
until after World War Two when he
was replaced at centre-half by the
legendary John Charles.
Having gone into journalism with
the Yorkshire Evening Post and
the Sunday People Tom remained
closely connected with Leeds and
as Peter Holley explained to me,
“One day in 1962 I came home and
there in our front room were Italian
representatives of Roma and John
Charles discussing the possibility of
John’s transfer to Roma. Dad had
also advised John regarding his
initial move to Italy with Juventus
when I remember being introduced
to a representative of the great
Turin club” The fee for John Charles
to go to Roma was £70,000, even
more than the British record of
£65,000 when Leeds had transferred
Charles to Juventus five years
earlier. The Welsh colossus, who
excelled at both centre half and
centre forward had starred in his
first spell in Italy before returning to
Elland Road. Peter pointed out, “In
the days before players had agents
my dad was helping his mates get
the best deals possible but never
got a penny out of it himself. Of
course, as a journalist he was able to
break transfer stories before anyone
else.”
SPLENDID FELLOW
Ted Doig is the goalkeeper on
the famous Hemy painting in the
entrance hall at the Stadium of
Light. A legend of The Team of All
The Talents, Doig won four title
medals with Sunderland before
adding a fifth as a part of Liverpool’s
first ever champions. His grandson
Eric is now well into his 90s and
came to Sunderland to accept
his grandad’s award when he was
inducted into the SAFC Hall of Fame
in 2019. Now Eric has produced an
excellent self-published biography
of Ted Doig, entitled ‘Talents
Goalkeeper and Splendid Fellow’.
Look out for it.
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Boys of
Having never been
relegated until 1958, in
1963-64, Sunderland won
their first ever promotion.
Red & White remembers
the Boys of ’64.
The lap of honour: left to right: Nick Sharkey,
George Mulhall, Johnny Crossan, Cec Irwin, Charlie
Hurley on Jim McNab’s shoulders, Len Ashurst, Jim
Montgomery, Brian Usher and George Herd. Not
pictured: Martin Harvey
It was all over before the final home
match of the season even kicked off.
As detailed in the previous episode
in this series, promotion was sealed
in everything but mathematical
certainty after the previous week’s
point at Southampton. For Sunderland
not to go up they would have had
to lose this final home fixture with
Charlton and the remaining away
game at relegation doomed Grimsby
while Preston would have had to win
their last two league games. Even if
Sunderland had lost both by 5-0 and
Preston won both of their games
5-0 it still would not be sufficient to
wipe out Sunderland’s enormouslysuperior
goal average.
Nonetheless, as over 50,000 came
to Roker Park for the promotion
party no one wanted to have the day
spoiled by a bad result. Someone
should have told Charlton’s former
Sunderland goalie Peter Wakeham.
He had played over 150 times for
Sunderland but waited until this
return to produce his best-ever
performance on Wearside. Wakeham
was immense as he thwarted his
old teammates time after time. The
Addicks’ Italian international Eddie
Firmani had a good record against
Sunderland. He notched his fifth
goal in seven appearances against
the Lads to put the Londoners 1-0 up
after just over quarter of an hour. As
the ball hit the back of the net, there
was a sense of shock. No one had
possessed the temerity to pierce the
Roker rear-guard in 724 minutes of
league football on Wearside.
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The Addicks were a decent side.
Fourth in the table, they had won
more away games than they had
lost and included Mike Bailey who
would make his England debut the
following month. With nothing but
pride to play for (there were no playoffs)
Charlton rose to the occasion
and made life difficult as Sunderland
strived to chase the title as well
as rubber-stamping promotion.
Just before half time George Herd
levelled and while Wakeham put
up stubborn resistance throughout
the match, with just a minute to
go Johnny Crossan struck his 27th
goal of the campaign to pop the
champagne corks on what was to be
Wearside’s first ever promotion party.
Before the unthinkable calamity of
relegation occurred for the first time
six years earlier, Sunderland had
never played in any league but the
top one. Ever since becoming the
first club after the dozen founder
members to join the Football League
in 1890, the Lads had been part of
the elite. Since 1936 – a year in which
they were champions for the sixth
time and no club could better that –
SAFC had been the only club never
to have played league football lower
than the top level. Now after six long,
long years and two incredibly tight
near misses in 1963 and 1962 the Lads
had done it. Red and Whites could
rejoice that Sunderland were back in
the big time.
The lap of honour was a heartfelt one
for a team that remained unchanged
for much of the season. They had
shown themselves to be the best
team in the division and still had a
chance of illustrating this by winning
Division Two. Already promoted,
Leeds dropped a home point
against Plymouth as Sunderland
were winning. If Charlton could play
with equal determination in their
remaining game and hold Leeds
at home, Sunderland would be
champions if they could be victorious
at relegation threatened Grimsby.
Ultimately, it didn’t matter who
would finish top or second. The Lads
were promoted and that was what
counted!
THE KING
These days the country has a King
Charles. On Wearside, Charlie has
long since been ‘The King’. Named
Sunderland’s Player of the Century
in the club’s centenary year of 1979,
Charlie Hurley led the Lads out
of the wilderness of Division Two.
Only the season’s FA Cup-winning
skipper, West Ham’s Bobby Moore,
pipped Hurley to the Footballer of
the Year award but there was not a
Sunderland supporter who would
have swapped the man known as
‘The greatest centre-half the world
has ever seen’ for Moore who two
years later would lift the World Cup
in an England shirt. Come to think
of it, what a duo Hurley and Moore
would be.
It was today’s visitors Millwall
who sold Hurley to Sunderland
for £20,000. The transfer came in
September 1957 as manager Alan
Brown looked to re-structure his
side based on youth as the old star
names from ‘The Bank of England’
side largely moved on. Charlie was
still only 20 when he left London
to come to the North East. Born in
Cork – and one of Ireland’s most
celebrated players – Charlie had
moved to Rainham in East London
when less than a year old so had
been raised in the capital although
he has always been the proudest of
Irishmen.
Charlie went on to top 400 games
for Sunderland but no reeling off
statistics can do more than scratch
the surface of what Hurley did
for Sunderland. Immensely selfconfident,
Charlie exuded charisma.
A colossus of a centre-half, he was
not a simple stopper. Hurley would
slot right into a Champions League
calibre team now and have the likes
of Pep Guardiola purring at this
Black Cat’s ability to stroll out of
defence defying anybody to think
they could take the ball off him.
Charlie’s now 87. It was 70 years
ago that he made his league debut
for Millwall at Torquay United in
a Division Three South game. It
was the first of 110 outings for the
Lions. It was while he was with
Millwall that Charlie played for a
London XI against a Frankfurt XI in
the very early years of European
competition in the mid-50s. All but
the first and last of his 40 Republic
of Ireland caps were won while with
Sunderland, for many years making
him the club’s most-capped player.
Six of those caps came during the
promotion season, including an
end-of-season win in Norway where
he scored twice in a 4-1 win on an
occasion when he played as centreforward.
Renowned as one of the
first centre-halves to go forward
for corners, the sound of the whole
ground chanting ‘Charlie! Charlie!’
as he strode forward put the fear of
God into many a defence.
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Rob Mason searches for
players from the past.
Today, Jonjo Dickman.
R&W: Your one first-team game
for Sunderland came 21 years
ago tomorrow at Manchester
City. What can you remember of
that game?
JD: It was a bit of a whirlwind. I’d
been around the first team and
had been travelling to other games
as part of the squad, more so in
the League Cup. At Manchester
City I got named on the bench in
the Premier League. I remember
thinking it would be great to get on
but I didn’t know if I actually would.
Just before half time Julio Arca got
a little knock so I started thinking, ‘I
might have a chance here, but he’ll
probably run it off.’ A few minutes
into half time, it was Taff [Ian Evans]
who was Mick McCarthy’s assistant
who came over to me to say, ‘Get
yourself back outside and get ready
because you’re going on.’ I went
out and warmed up on the pitch
which helped in terms of coping
with the nerves that came with the
excitement of knowing I was coming
on. It took some of the time away
that I’d have had for the nerves
to build up. At the time we were
getting beat 2-0 and we lost 3-0 but
I thoroughly enjoyed getting the
chance to play.
R&W: Peter Schmeichel, Nicolas
Anelka, Robbie Fowler, Shaun
Wright-Phillips and Joey Barton
were amongst the players in
the City team – how would you
describe the level and pace of
the game compared to what you
had experienced before?
JD: Man City weren’t highfliers
by any means but they had some
really good players and were a
counter-attacking team. Pace
wise it was different to what I was
used to in reserve team football
but it didn’t surprise me too much
by being amazingly quick. It was
more the technical quality, the
passing and the movement that
was the next level up to what I’d
experienced before. We had quite
a bit of possession. It’s not as if
we had our backs against the wall
throughout the game. One player
who was outstanding was Shaun
Wright- Phillips. I’d played against
him before in the reserves and
he’d been good then, but he was at
another level when in the first team.
He was their best player that day I
remember.
R&W: Although that was your
only first-team appearance you
were at the club for seven years
as a player. Can you describe
your journey from the moment
you arrived?
JD: I came in at Scholarship level.
As a schoolboy I’d been with Man
United as an out-of-town player.
I used to train and go down to
Manchester in the holidays. I came
to Sunderland when I left school.
We had Under-17 and Under-19
teams then. Sunderland were doing
well then and myself and a couple
of other young lads were given
long-term contracts. I was buzzing
with that and played reserve team
football from my second year. I
played a lot in the reserves but was
getting nowhere near the first team
who were doing really well. It was
the time where we were seventh in
the Premier League in back-to-back
seasons. It was a settled Premier
League team that was really hard to
break into. I just kept going at it but
had a couple of injuries including
doing my cruciate.
R&W: While you were still with
Sunderland you added a couple
of league appearances on loan
to York City. How useful was it
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for you to go out on loan at that
stage of your career?
JD: It was ideal but I did my ankle
ligaments in my second game and
that put me out for about four
months, but I did get to make
my debut for Sunderland after I
recovered. After we got relegated
I thought I might get the chance
to play in the championship but it
never materialised as other senior
pros came in so I realised I’d need to
move on although I’d loved my time
at Sunderland.
R&W: When you signed for
Darlington there were a stack
of Sunderland connections
with the Quakers (Manager
David Hodgson and players:
Craig Russell, Neil Wainwright,
Mark Convery and Clark Keltie).
Did you know any of these
particularly well before going
to Darlo?
JD: I knew Mark Covery and Neil
Wainwright well. I’d played a lot with
Mark in the youth team and Wainy in
the reserves, so it helped a lot when
I went there, especially as I’d share
the journeys with Wainy.
R&W: You had 46 games for
Darlington so would that
rank as your best spell as a
player?
JD: Playing wise yes but I always
wanted more for myself and I don’t
think I did myself justice because
I was inconsistent. We were quite
competitive in League Two.
R&W: How much did you enjoy
playing for Consett after moving
into non-league?
JD: I had five or six years there. It
was a different dynamic as I was
working so it was a big culture
shock. It was probably my most
enjoyable time as a player as I
appreciated it more and we had a
successful team who wanted to play
football the right way.
R&W: What is your role now at
the Academy of Light?
JD: I’m individual development
coach and youth development
phase lead so it’s a dual role
overseeing the Under-13 to 16
age range. I’m full time now but
including the years I was working
part time I’ve been involved in the
academy since 2013.
R&W: Your brothers Elliott
and Lewis have played
leading roles in the academy
at Sunderland in the past so
it must be something of a
family tradition to play a role
in helping to develop the next
generation of players at the
club?
JD: We’ve all had very different
paths but football has always been
a passion for all three of us and
we’ve always pushed each other on
and we all have a big affinity with
Sunderland.
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ONE OF
OUR OWN
Sunderland’s Academy has an outstanding record of developing
players through the Club’s youth system. This season Rob Mason
takes a look at over 20 home-grown success stories.
GEORGE HONEYMAN
While George Honeyman will be
doing his professional best to
help Millwall beat Sunderland this
afternoon, there is no doubt that
the Lions midfielder is very much
one of our own here at Sunderland.
George came to the club as an
11-year-old having been spotted
by scout Mike Ingoe and worked
his way through the youth system.
A highly-successful academy
graduate, he made just under 100
first-team appearances and twice
captained the Lads at Wembley.
A club report on Honeyman when
he began his scholarship read,
“George joined the academy as
an U11, very exciting player with
great ball skills. Can play as a striker
or wide player. George comes
from Prudhoe, Northumberland.”
Those ball skills instantly marked
Honeyman out. Not wanting to
pressurise him by making this
comparison in any club publication I
was writing for, when I first watched
George as he came into the Under-
18s he reminded me so much of Joe
Cole who in the previous decade
had taken his tally of full England
caps to over 50. Pretty much exactly
the same height and weight,
Honeyman was so reminiscent of
Cole as he came through the youth
team. He possessed the same sort
of balance and low centre of gravity
that enabled him to maximise his
vision and ability to execute a pass.
As he has got older Honeyman has
added other aspects to his game,
but as a youngster it was adhesive
control and crisp penetrative
passing that marked him out as
player who distinctly looked as if he
would ‘make it’.
It was the final day of March in
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2011 when Honeyman debuted
at Under-18 level, coming off
the bench in a defeat away to
Manchester United. A first start
followed a couple of days later in a
win over Huddersfield. Two games
further on George claimed his first
assist as he set up Billy Knott for the
only goal of a match with Barnsley
youths. There was better to follow
next time out he featured in an
away win at Newcastle United, a
club he had been with when very
young before playing for Prudhoe
Boys club under the guidance of Jed
Devlin and Duncan Graham. Having
progressed into the Under-18s at
Sunderland, Honeyman helped
Kevin Ball’s team to win their league
for the fourth time in five seasons
before losing on penalties to Fulham
in Premier Academy League semifinal
play off
Picking him out as a name to look
out for, Honeyman was interviewed
in the club magazine ‘Legion of
Light’ in the summer of 2011, over
two-and-a-half-years before his
first-team debut. Asked to describe
himself as a player, George, replied,
“I would say I try to be different.
My game involves dribbling,
even though I get wrong for it
sometimes, but that’s the main part
of my game.” Having been taken to
Barcelona by his mam to see Lionel
Messi play as a birthday treat a year
before his Under-18 debut, George
certainly had the best in the world
to witness before setting out on his
own senior career path.
Always at his best on a good surface
where his willingness to keep
the ball on the deck is at its best,
when George debuted it was on a
quagmire of a pitch at Bradford as
Phil Parkinson’s Bantams bundled
Gus Poyet’s Sunderland out of the
FA Cup. Honeyman was introduced
for the final few minutes. Those four
minutes was the only opportunity
George got under Poyet. It was 15
months later under Sam Allardyce
that Honeyman got a second
chance – and a Premier League
debut – as a final day of the season
sub at Watford. In the meantime,
experience had been gained
with nine appearances on loan
to Gateshead where he played
for former Sunderland stalwarts
Malcolm Crosby and Gary Owers.
With Allardyce leaving to take over
as England boss Honeyman’s third
first-team appearance came under
a third different manager, this
time David Moyes. It came in an
FA Cup replay at Burnley where he
impressed so much, he was given a
first Premier League start four days
later at West Brom. There were a
couple of further Premier League
outings as Moyes took Sunderland
down. 2017-18 was George’s
breakthrough season as he made
45 appearances and scored his first
seven goals, although he was unable
to stop Sunderland suffering a
second-consecutive relegation.
Appointed captain as Jack Ross
attempted to lead the Lads out of
League One, Honeyman twice led
the side out at Wembley. In a sport
where the margins between delight
and devastation can be marginal,
defeat in the Checkatrade Trophy
and play-off finals were tasted on
penalties and then a last-minute
goal. That second Wembley game
proved to be George’s last for
Sunderland. Under the leadership
of chairman Stewart Donald he was
sold for a reported £400,000 to Hull
City in the summer, taking George
back into the Championship.
After suffering relegation with the
Humberside club, he performed a
clean sweep of club Player of the
Year awards in 2020-21 as he was
selected for the PFA League One
team of the season as well as being
nominated for the EFL League One
Player of the Season.
Honeyman swapped the Tigers
for the Lions after 127 games
with the Humberside outfit. Now
coming towards the end of his
second season in London, George
is a key man for Millwall. Now an
experienced player on course (at
the time of writing) to top 300
senior appearances (excluding his
games for Gateshead) before the
end of the season, George will turn
30 in September. There’s a long way
still to go in George’s career but
having gone all the way from the
Under-11s to captaining Sunderland
at Wembley he will always remain
one of our own.
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twice in the last 120 years.
Both times they were paired with
Sunderland, losing to the Lads in
1937 but winning in 2004. On that
latter occasion at Old Trafford,
victory for the Londoners gave
them a European spot. Manchester
United, who comfortably beat
them in the final qualified for the
Champions League, leaving the
Lions to enter the UEFA Cup. They
went out in the first round to the
famous Hungarian club Ferencváros,
pulling in fewer than 12,000 for their
home first leg.
Craving European football, this was
a golden chance for Sunderland to
reach the FA Cup final and qualify
for Europe. Had John Oster’s sixthminute
free kick been an inch lower,
Sunderland would have gone ahead
and perhaps on to win. Unluckily the
Welshman’s set-piece came back off
the underside of the bar and while
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of his old clubs that Oster free-kick
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home a loose ball after Mart Poom
parried Paul Ifill’s effort. Cahill
would remain a sharp thorn in
Sunderland’s side, going on to score
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included current Millwall manager
Neil Harris and former Sunderland
man Danny Dichio, the Black Cats
could not conjure an equaliser and
when skipper Jason McAteer was
dismissed for a second yellow card
four minutes from time what had
been an excellent cup run crashed
to a sorry ending.
In the 1937 semi-final, reigning
league champions Sunderland
thwarted Millwall’s attempt to
become the first third tier side to
reach the final – which Sunderland
went on to win. Dave Mangnall
was their star man. He gave the
Londoners an early lead and they
were good value to be level at
the break, by which time Bobby
Gurney had levelled with a shot
from the narrowest of angles. In the
second half it was all Sunderland
with goalkeeper Johnny Mapson
only touching the ball twice, once
to take a goal kick and secondly to
punch away an 86th-minute centre.
That cross was one of only three
times the ball entered Sunderland’s
box in the second half. Despite that
dominance Sunderland only scored
once in the half, but it was sufficient
to take the Lads to Wembley for the
first time. Goalkeeper Duncan Yuill
had a blinder for Millwall but was
beaten by Patsy Gallacher’s header.
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Red & White’s radar
focuses on away
programme covers with a
Sunderland connection.
It’s a pity that many people
remember Brian Chambers at
Sunderland as the man who almost
made the cup final team in the
celebrated year of 1973. Chambers
was named as the single substitute
allowed in the Wembley match
programme but narrowly missed
out on that honour to David Young.
Signed by manager Bob Stokoe
earlier in the season, Young was
a defender who could operate in
midfield and had scored in a 1-1 draw
at Orient on the Monday before the
cup final. Chambers had been on
the bench in the semi-final against
Arsenal and in the fifth round
and replay against Manchester
City without actually getting on.
Whereas this afternoon teams can
name nine subs and bring five of
them on, back in 1973 substitutes
were hardly used. Regardless of the
strenuous nature of the games in
the cup run Sunderland never used a
sub after the fourth round!
Newcastle born, Chambers was
an elegantly stylish midfield
creator. Brian played 71 games for
Sunderland between debuting on
his 21st birthday in October 1970
and what proved to be his final
appearance 12 days before the 1973
FA Cup final. Five days after the
Lads lifted the cup, Brian signed
for Arsenal. In this era there was
a third place play off in the cup
between the losing semi-finalists,
so Chambers actually played for
Arsenal in this fixture which was held
over to the start of the following
season.
Arsenal had a significant interest in
Sunderland’s fringe players around
this time. They had taken Ritchie Pitt
and Keith Coleman on loan earlier
in the term, Pitt being recalled to
become a pillar in the cup-winning
side’s defence. For Chambers, hopes
of a dream move to Arsenal failed
to live up to expectations. After
figuring prominently for them in
the pre-season of 1973-74 he was
to feature in just four competitive
first-team games before moving on
to Luton Town after a year in the
capital. He had made his Sunderland
debut at Luton. There were to be 76
league games for the Hatters before
he joined today’s visitors in the
summer of 1977.
Debuting for the Lions in a south
London derby defeat at home
to Crystal Palace he nonetheless
quickly endeared himself to his
new fans by scoring in the next two
games and then helping his new
team to knock Newcastle out of
the League Cup. Before coming to
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Former Sunderland and Millwall midfielder Brian Chambers (left as you look) was one of three cover stars
when Sunderland visited Millwall this week in 1978.
Sunderland at the age of 15 Brian had
been part of the Magpies’ youth setup.
Not missing a game for Millwall
until the end of February Chambers
became an influential member of
Gordon Jago’s mid-table second
division (now Championship) outfit.
It was towards the end of Chambers’
first season at the (old) Den that
the programme featured today is
from. Brian had actually played what
proved to be his last match of the
season two games earlier so didn’t
feature as his new club beat his old
one 3-1. It was the second of sixsuccessive
victories that enabled the
Lions to take their head out of the
jaws of the drop. Unluckily for the
programme editor, only one of the
three players put on the programme
cover actually played in the game,
Northern Ireland international
Bryan Hamilton. Striker Ian Pearson
(pictured in the centre) was also
absent.
Despite being cover stars there was
nothing in the 16-page issue on any
of the cover trio, other than photos
of Pearson and Hamilton playing in
the recent draw with Spurs in which
they had both scored. Tottenham
went up that season (Sunderland
were sixth) but had their hopes
significantly damaged when
Sunderland won at White Hart Lane
on the weekend after this midweek
match at Millwall.
Chambers remained with Millwall for
a second season, eventually tallying
68 games for them in which he
netted ten goals. His next stop was
Bournemouth where he later settled
to become a financial advisor after
his football career was completed.
Before that day arrived, there was a
return north with a spell at Halifax
Town but mainly the former England
schoolboys international stayed
in the south, playing non-league
football with Poole Town, Salisbury
City, Dorchester Town and Swanage,
serving as player/manager with
both Poole and Swanage. In total
Brian made 251 league appearances,
scoring 31 goals.
An FA Youth Cup winner with
Sunderland in 1967 – when he
scored in the semi-final – Chambers
always seemed good enough to
have played more for Sunderland.
Had he got the nod to be on the
bench in the senior FA Cup final six
years after he won the Youth Cup,
he may well have gone on to stay at
the club for longer and be a betterknown
name than he is now all
these years later. Nonetheless, Brian
Chambers is fondly remembered by
those who saw him play in red and
white stripes.
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SUNDERLAND AFC UNDER-21 CAPTAIN,
ELLIS TAYLOR DESCRIBED RETURNING
TO ACTION THIS WEEK AS A “RELIEF TO
GET BACK ON THE GRASS” FOLLOWING A
LENGTHY SPELL ON THE SIDELINES.
The full-back picked up a knee injury in
January following an impressive run of
form, grabbing six goals since the start
of the campaign.
“It has obviously been a frustrating
time,” Ellis admitted.
“The injury came at a time when I was
enjoying a good run of form. I was
helping out with goals and assists from
full-back and had picked up some good
momentum.”
Taylor recently celebrated his 21st
birthday by making his long-awaited
return to action, coming off the bench
in Premier League 2 action against
Middlesbrough.
“It’s always nice to play, especially at
the Stadium of Light. The aim now is to
keep building up my fitness and get 90
minutes under my belt before the end
of the season.
“We want to build some momentum
and finish the league campaign as
strong as possible.”
A top 16 finish qualifies the Lads for
a play-off place with a top 12 finish
also securing a spot in next season’s
International Cup.
“The defeat to Middlesbrough was
disappointing but we have to put that
behind us now.
“I think we have shown all season
we are capable of beating any team
in the PL2 and we have to take that
confidence into the final two fixtures.”
Graeme Murty’s side currently sit
10th in the division with a home clash
against Liverpool and an away trip to
Blackburn still to play.
“They will both be tough games, but
we will need positive results to secure
that top 12 finish.
“I think overall we deserve to qualify
but we can’t rest on our laurels. We
have to use the remaining fixtures to
prove we deserve to be in next season’s
cup competition.”
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PREMIER LEAGUE 2
AUGUST
MON 14 NORWICH CITY 2-0
FRI 18 WEST HAM 2-0
FRI 25 WEST BROM 0-0
SEPTEMBER
MON 04 MAN UTD 5-5
MON 25 DERBY COUNTY 3-1
FRI 29 ASTON VILLA 2-3
OCTOBER
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FRI 27 TOTTENHAM 2-4
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MON 13 BRISTOL CITY 0-1
DECEMBER
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MON 29 LEEDS UNITED 1-3
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MARCH
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FRI 08 FOREST (PLC) 2-1
MON 11 MANCHESTER CITY 2-2
MON 18 NEWCASTLE 1-3
APRIL
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MON 15 MIDDLESBROUGH 1-2
MON 22 LIVERPOOL
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U18 PREMIER LEAGUE
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SAT 19 BLACKBURN 3-0
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SAT 30 EVERTON 3-0
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SAT 07 LIVERPOOL 7-1
SAT 28 WOLVES 3-1
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SAT 17 EVERTON 0-2
SAT 24 LEEDS UNITED 1-0
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APRIL
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SUN 01 WATFORD 2-1
SUN 08 BIRMINGHAM CITY 1-1
WED 11 SHEFFIELD UNITED (CC1) 2-3
SUN 15 READING 3-1
SUN 22 LEWES 0-2
NOVEMBER
SUN 05 DURHAM 0-1
WED 08 DURHAM (CC2) 2-2
SUN 12 BLACKBURN 0-1
SUN 19 CHARLTON 1-1
DECEMBER
WED 13 BLACKBURN 0-1
SUN 17 BIRMINGHAM 0-3
JANUARY
SUN 14 SOUTHAMPTON (FAWC4) 0-2
SUN 21 SHEFFIELD UNITED 3-0
WED 24 ASTON VILLA (CC3) C-C
SAT 27 BLACKBURN 0-2
FEBRUARY
SUN 04 READING 1-0
WED 07 CHELSEA 5-0
SUN 18 LEWES 4-3
MARCH
SUN 03 SOUTHAMPTON 1-0
SUN 17 LONDON CITY 1-0
SUN 24 DURHAM 5-3
SUN 31 WATFORD 0-3
APRIL
SUN 21 CHARLTON (H)
SUN 28 CRYSTAL PALACE (A)
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FIXTURES & RESULTS
2023/24
DATE KO/F-A OPPOSITION POS. ATT. REFEREE STARTING XI
AUGUST 2023
SUN 06 1-2 IPSWICH TOWN 20 44,407 S BARROTT PATTERSON HUME BALLARD O'NIEN CIRKIN NEIL 1
TUE 08 1-1* CREWE ALEXANDRA CC1 - 10,763 S OLDHAM BISHOP JOHNSON TRIANTIS BATTH HUGGINS NEIL
SAT 12 1-2 PRESTON NORTH END 21 19,892 J LININGTON PATTERSON HUME BALLARD O'NIEN CIRKIN NEIL
SAT 19 2-1 ROTHERHAM UNITED 16 40,688 G WARD PATTERSON HUME BALLARD O'NIEN CIRKIN NEIL
SAT 26 0-0 COVENTRY CITY 18 25,714 K STROUD PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD CIRKIN NEIL
SEPTEMBER 2023
SAT 02 5-0 SOUTHAMPTON 9 41,459 D COOTE PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD CIRKIN NEIL
SAT 16 3-1 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 7 16,383 D WHITESTONE PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD 1 HUGGINS NEIL
WED 20 3-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS 4 15,621 J BUSBY PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD HUGGINS NEIL
SAT 23 0-1 CARDIFF CITY 5 41,581 S MARTIN PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD HUGGINS NEIL
SAT 30 3-0 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 4 25,987 S BARROTT PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD 1 HUGGINS NEIL
OCTOBER 2023
WED 04 2-0 WATFORD 4 38,120 A DAVIES PATTERSON HUGGINS 1 BALLARD O'NIEN HUME NEIL
SAT 07 0-4 MIDDLESBROUGH 4 43,584 J GILLETT PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD HUGGINS ROBERTS
SAT 21 1-2 STOKE CITY 6 25,512 G SCOTT PATTERSON HUGGINS BALLARD O'NIEN HUME BA
TUE 24 0-1 LEICESTER CITY 8 30,951 K STROUD PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD HUGGINS EKWAH
SAT 28 3-1 NORWICH CITY 7 39,871 A BACKHOUSE PATTERSON HUME 1 O'NIEN BALLARD HUGGINS EKWAH
NOVEMBER 2023
SAT 04 0-0 SWANSEA CITY 8 16,974 R MADLEY PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD HUGGINS EKWAH
SAT 11 3-1 BIRMINGHAM CITY 6 40,922 D WHITESTONE PATTERSON HUGGINS SEELT TRIANTIS HUME EKWAH
SAT 25 0-2 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 9 16,457 J BELL PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD HUGGINS EKWAH
WED 29 1-2 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 11 37,728 M DONOHUE PATTERSON SEELT BALLARD O'NIEN 1 HUME NEIL
DECEMBER 2023
SAT 02 1-1 MILLWALL 9 17,815 J LININGTON PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD HUGGINS EKWAH
SAT 09 2-1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 6 40,101 D BOND PATTERSON HUGGINS O'NIEN BALLARD 1 HUME EKWAH
TUE 12 1-0 LEEDS UNITED 6 40,531 W WHITESTONE PATTERSON SEELT BALLARD O'NIEN HUME BELLINGHAM 1
SAT 16 0-1 BRISTOL CITY 7 22,701 S MARTIN PATTERSON HUGGINS O'NIEN BALLARD HUME EKWAH
SAT 23 0-3 COVENTRY CITY 9 41,216 M DONOHUE PATTERSON HUGGINS O'NIEN BALLARD HUME EKWAH
TUE 26 1-0 HULL CITY 6 24,420 S SUKHVIR GILL PATTERSON SEELT O'NIEN BALLARD HUME EKWAH
FRI 29 1-1 ROTHERHAM UNITED 7 11,323 T HARRINGTON PATTERSON SEELT O'NIEN BALLARD HUME EKWAH
JANUARY 2024
MON 01 2-0 PRESTON NORTH END 6 42,714 O LANGFORD PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD ALESE EKWAH
SAT 06 0-3 NEWCASTLE UNITED FAC3 - 44,814 C PAWSON PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD ALESE EKWAH
SAT 13 1-2 IPSWICH TOWN 7 29,291 S ALLISON PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD ALESE BA
FRI 19 0-1 HULL CITY 8 40,219 R JONES PATTERSON SEELT BALLARD O'NIEN HUME EKWAH
SAT 27 3-1 STOKE CITY 7 41,394 A DAVIES PATTERSON SEELT BALLARD O'NIEN HUME NEIL
FEBRUARY 2024
SAT 03 1-1 MIDDLESBROUGH 8 31,716 D ENGLAND PATTERSON HUME BALLARD O'NIEN HJELDE NEIL
SAT 10 3-1 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 6 41,269 A BACKHOUSE PATTERSON HUME BALLARD O'NIEN HJELDE NEIL
WED 14 0-1 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 10 19,550 G WARD PATTERSON HUME BALLARD O'NIEN HJELDE NEIL
SAT 17 1-2 BIRMINGHAM CITY 10 27,449 S MARTIN PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD HJELDE NEIL
SAT 24 1-2 SWANSEA CITY 10 41,777 K STROUD PATTERSON SEELT O'NIEN 1 HJELDE HUME EKWAH
MARCH 2024
SAT 02 0-1 NORWICH CITY 10 26,668 T KIRK PATTERSON HUME SEELT O'NIEN HJELDE STYLES
TUE 05 0-1 LEICESTER CITY 10 40,293 S SUKHVIR GILL PATTERSON HUME SEELT BALLARD O'NIEN HJELDE
SAT 09 2-4 SOUTHAMPTON 12 30,869 S ATTWELL PATTERSON HUME SEELT BALLARD HJELDE NEIL
SAT 16 0-0 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 12 41,478 O LANGFORD PATTERSON HUME BALLARD HJELDE STYLES NEIL
FRI 29 0-2 CARDIFF CITY 12 22,141 J SIMPSON PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD STYLES EKWAH
APRIL 2024
MON 01 1-5 BLACKBURN ROVERS 13 42,019 J BUSBY PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD STYLES EKWAH
SAT 06 0-0 BRISTOL CITY 13 40,298 L DOUGHTY PATTERSON HUME O'NIEN BALLARD HJELDE EKWAH
TUE 09 0-0 LEEDS UNITED 13 36,793 T ROBINSON PATTERSON HUME BALLARD O'NIEN PEMBÉLÉ EKWAH
SAT 13 1-0 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 13 25,366 M DONOHUE PATTERSON HUME BALLARD O'NIEN PEMBÉLÉ EKWAH 1
SAT 20 15:00 MILLWALL
SAT 27 15:00 WATFORD
MAY 2024
SAT 04 15:00 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
All fixtures subject to change. SAFC lost 3-5 on penalties.
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SUBSTITUTES
EKWAH ROBERTS BELLINGHAM CLARKE SILVA SEMEDO HUGGINS 90+10', BATTH, GOOCH 87', BA 58', BENNETTE, PRITCHARD 59', TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG
RIGG 1 TAYLOR PRITCHARD BENNETTE BA PATTERSON, BELLINGHAM 70', ROBERTS, O'NIEN, CLARKE 60', EKWAH 45', SPELLMAN, CROMPTON 45', DACK 45'
EKWAH ROBERTS BELLINGHAM CLARKE 1 DACK HUGGINS, BATTH, SILVA SEMEDO 66', BA 76', BENNETTE, PRITCHARD 66', TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG
EKWAH ROBERTS BELLINGHAM 2 CLARKE DACK HUGGINS, BATTH, SILVA SEMEDO 85', GOOCH 85', BA, BENNETTE, PRITCHARD 77', TRIANTIS, BISHOP
EKWAH BA DACK CLARKE BELLINGHAM HUGGINS 71', BATTH, EMBLETON, SILVA SEMEDO 72', PRITCHARD 72', SEELT, TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG
EKWAH 2 BA DACK 1 CLARKE 1 BELLINGHAM HUGGINS, SILVA SEMEDO 63', TAYLOR, BENNETTE 82', PRITCHARD 63', SEELT, TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG 1 82'
EKWAH BA 1 BELLINGHAM CLARKE 1 BURSTOW SILVA SEMEDO 83', ROBERTS 45', BENNETTE, PRITCHARD 14', AOUCHICHE 61', SEELT, TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG
BA BELLINGHAM PRITCHARD CLARKE BURSTOW SILVA SEMEDO, ROBERTS 64', TAYLOR, AOUCHICHE 90+2', SEELT, TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG, WATSON
BA BELLINGHAM PRITCHARD CLARKE BURSTOW SILVA SEMEDO 63', ROBERTS 62', RUSYN 88', TAYLOR, AOUCHICHE 62', SEELT, TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG
ROBERTS BELLINGHAM PRITCHARD CLARKE 2 BURSTOW SILVA SEMEDO, RUSYN 77', BA 67', TAYLOR, AOUCHICHE 67', SEELT 86', TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG 76'
BA 1 ROBERTS BELLINGHAM CLARKE BURSTOW SILVA SEMEDO 90+1', RUSYN 90+1', TAYLOR, BENNETTE, AOUCHICHE 71', SEELT, TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG 90+6'
BELLINGHAM NEIL CLARKE BURSTOW BA SILVA SEMEDO, RUSYN 76', TAYLOR, BENNETTE, AOUCHICHE 45', SEELT 29', TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG 63'
EKWAH BELLINGHAM CLARKE 1 ROBERTS PRITCHARD SILVA SEMEDO 84', BURSTOW 66', RUSYN 66', AOUCHICHE 75', SEELT, TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG, DACK 66'
ROBERTS NEIL BELLINGHAM CLARKE BURSTOW CIRKIN 64', SILVA SEMEDO 90+4', RUSYN, BA 64', PRITCHARD 74', SEELT, TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG 65'
ROBERTS NEIL 1 BELLINGHAM CLARKE 1 RUSYN CIRKIN 77', SILVA SEMEDO 71', BURSTOW, BA 72', PRITCHARD 71', SEELT, BISHOP, RIGG 77', DACK
ROBERTS NEIL BELLINGHAM CLARKE RUSYN CIRKIN 75', SILVA SEMEDO 56', BURSTOW, BA 79', PRITCHARD 56', AOUCHICHE, SEELT, YOUNG, DACK 56'
ROBERTS NEIL BELLINGHAM 1 CLARKE RUSYN SILVA SEMEDO, BURSTOW 88', MAYENDA 74', BA 61', TAYLOR, PRITCHARD, AOUCHICHE 1 74', BISHOP, DACK
ROBERTS NEIL BELLINGHAM CLARKE RUSYN SILVA SEMEDO, MAYENDA 45', BA 66', PRITCHARD, AOUCHICHE 45', SEELT 65', TRIANTIS, BISHOP, DACK 66'
AOUCHICHE ROBERTS BELLINGHAM CLARKE MAYENDA HUGGINS, SILVA SEMEDO 74', BURSTOW 84', BA 74', PRITCHARD 74', TRIANTIS, BISHOP, EKWAH, DACK 74'
BA NEIL AOUCHICHE CLARKE 1 BURSTOW BELLINGHAM, SILVA SEMEDO, ROBERTS 56', MAYENDA 73', TAYLOR, PRITCHARD 56', TRIANTIS, BISHOP, DACK 56'
ROBERTS AOUCHICHE NEIL 1 CLARKE BELLINGHAM BURSTOW, MAYENDA 81', RUSYN, BA, PRITCHARD 62', SEELT, TRIANTIS, BISHOP, DACK
NEIL HUGGINS BA PRITCHARD CLARKE ROBERTS 59', BURSTOW, MAYENDA, RUSYN, AOUCHICHE, TRIANTIS, BISHOP, EKWAH 71', DACK 90'
NEIL ROBERTS PRITCHARD BA CLARKE BELLINGHAM 63', BURSTOW, MAYENDA 88', RUSYN, AOUCHICHE 81', SEELT, TRIANTIS, BISHOP, DACK 81'
ROBERTS NEIL BELLINGHAM CLARKE BA BURSTOW, MAYENDA 71', RUSYN, AOUCHICHE 71', SEELT 85', TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG, DACK
NEIL ROBERTS BELLINGHAM CLARKE 1 DACK PEMBÉLÉ, BURSTOW, MAYENDA, RUSYN, BA, PRITCHARD 74', AOUCHICHE 44', TRIANTIS 89', BISHOP
NEIL ROBERTS BELLINGHAM CLARKE 1 AOUCHICHE PEMBÉLÉ 63', BURSTOW 45', RUSYN, BA 15', BENNETTE, PRITCHARD 64', TRIANTIS, BISHOP, ALESE
NEIL PRITCHARD 1 BELLINGHAM CLARKE RUSYN 1 PEMBÉLÉ 70', BURSTOW, MAYENDA 85', BA 76', AOUCHICHE, SEELT 85', TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG
NEIL PRITCHARD BELLINGHAM CLARKE RUSYN PEMBÉLÉ, SILVA SEMEDO, BURSTOW, BA 85', AOUCHICHE, SEELT, TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG
EKWAH NEIL CLARKE 1 PRITCHARD BELLINGHAM SILVA SEMEDO, BURSTOW 89', RUSYN 84', BENNETTE, AOUCHICHE 65', SEELT, TRIANTIS, MATETE, BISHOP
PRITCHARD BELLINGHAM NEIL CLARKE RUSYN PEMBÉLÉ 81', SILVA SEMEDO 72', BURSTOW, BA 81', BENNETTE, AOUCHICHE, TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG
BA 1 EKWAH 1 BELLINGHAM CLARKE BURSTOW 1 PEMBÉLÉ 90+2', SILVA SEMEDO, MAYENDA, RUSYN 78', TRIANTIS, BISHOP, RIGG 83', WATSON, CROMPTON
BA EKWAH BELLINGHAM CLARKE BURSTOW PEMBÉLÉ, SILVA SEMEDO, ROBERTS 67', MUNDLE, RUSYN 1 67', AOUCHICHE, SEELT 90+8', BISHOP, KELLY
ROBERTS EKWAH 1 BA CLARKE 1 RUSYN PEMBÉLÉ, BELLINGHAM 1 65', SILVA SEMEDO, BURSTOW, MUNDLE 69', AOUCHICHE 88', SEELT, BISHOP, RIGG 65'
BA BELLINGHAM EKWAH CLARKE RUSYN PEMBÉLÉ 61', SILVA SEMEDO, ROBERTS 61', BURSTOW 81', MUNDLE 72', AOUCHICHE, SEELT, BISHOP, RIGG
MUNDLE EKWAH BELLINGHAM CLARKE BURSTOW PEMBÉLÉ, SILVA SEMEDO 87', RUSYN 70', BA 70', AOUCHICHE, SEELT, BISHOP, RIGG, KELLY
NEIL STYLES BELLINGHAM BA RUSYN PEMBÉLÉ, SILVA SEMEDO 72', BURSTOW, MUNDLE 60', AOUCHICHE 85', BISHOP, RIGG 72', KELLY, LAVERY
NEIL EKWAH MUNDLE SILVA SEMEDO BELLINGHAM PEMBÉLÉ, BURSTOW 86', RUSYN 66', BA 66', AOUCHICHE, BISHOP, RIGG 74', KELLY, LAVERY
RIGG EKWAH NEIL BELLINGHAM SILVA SEMEDO PEMBÉLÉ, BURSTOW, MUNDLE 59', RUSYN 82' , BA, AOUCHICHE 60' , STYLES 82' , BISHOP, KELLY
MUNDLE BELLINGHAM RIGG BA BURSTOW PEMBÉLÉ, SILVA SEMEDO, RUSYN 57', AOUCHICHE 57', STYLES 71', BISHOP, EKWAH 88', LAVERY, JONES
BELLINGHAM MUNDLE AOUCHICHE BA SILVA SEMEDO PEMBÉLÉ, BURSTOW 78', BISHOP, RIGG 58', EKWAH 57', DACK, KELLY, JONES, BAINBRIDGE
NEIL RIGG AOUCHICHE 1 BA BELLINGHAM 1 PEMBÉLÉ, SILVA SEMEDO 81', ROBERTS, BURSTOW, MUNDLE 71', BISHOP, HJELDE 71', ALESE, DACK 89'
NEIL ROBERTS AOUCHICHE MUNDLE BELLINGHAM PEMBÉLÉ, SILVA SEMEDO, BURSTOW, BA, CLARKE 55', BISHOP, RIGG 1 55', HJELDE, DACK 55'
NEIL RIGG AOUCHICHE CLARKE BELLINGHAM PEMBÉLÉ, SILVA SEMEDO, ROBERTS 66', BURSTOW, MUNDLE, STYLES, BISHOP, ALESE 66', DACK 59'
NEIL STYLES RIGG BELLINGHAM CLARKE SILVA SEMEDO 90+4', ROBERTS 60', MUNDLE, BA, AOUCHICHE, BISHOP, HJELDE, ALESE 69', DACK
NEIL STYLES RIGG BELLINGHAM CLARKE SILVA SEMEDO, ROBERTS 71', BURSTOW, MUNDLE, BA 90+3', AOUCHICHE, BISHOP, ALESE 71', DACK
KEY: HOME GAMES IN BOLD GOALSCORER 1 FIRST SUB SECOND SUB THIRD SUB FOURTH SUB FIFTH SUB † OWN GOAL YELLOW CARD RED CARD
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SAFC PLAYER ROLL CALL
2023/24
LEAGUE LEAGUE CUP FA CUP 2023/24 TOTAL
NAME DOB ST SB GLS ST SB GLS ST SB GLS ST SB GLS
AJI ALESE 17/01/2001 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0
ADIL AOUCHICHE 15/07/2002 8 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 17 2
ABDOULLAH BA 31/07/2003 21 15 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 22 16 3
OLIVER BAINBRIDGE 05/11/2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DANIEL BALLARD 22/09/1999 40 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 41 0 3
DANNY BATTH** 21/09/1990 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
JOBE BELLINGHAM 23/09/2005 40 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 41 3 7
JEWISON BENNETTE* 15/04/2004 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
NATHAN BISHOP 15/10/1999 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MASON BURSTOW*** 04/08/2003 12 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 1
DENNIS CIRKIN 06/04/2002 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0
JACK CLARKE 23/11/2000 36 1 15 0 1 0 1 0 0 37 2 15
BEN CROMPTON 17/12/2003 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
BRADLEY DACK 31/12/1993 5 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 11 1
PIERRE EKWAH 15/01/2002 34 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 35 4 5
ELLIOT EMBLETON 02/04/1999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CORRY EVANS 30/07/1990 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LYNDEN GOOCH** 24/12/1995 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
LEO HJELDE 26/08/2003 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
LUIS SEMEDO HEMIR 11/08/2003 4 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 0
NIALL HUGGINS 18/12/2000 17 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 1
TRAI HUME 18/03/2002 43 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 44 0 1
HARRISON JONES 25/12/2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ZAK JOHNSON 25/05/2005 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
CADEN KELLY 20/11/2003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
THOMAS LAVERY 19/12/2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JAY MATETE* 11/02/2001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ELIEZER MAYENDA* 08/05/2005 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
ROMAIN MUNDLE 24/04/2003 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1
DAN NEIL 13/12/2001 42 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 44 0 4
LUKE O'NIEN 21/11/1994 40 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 41 0 2
ANTHONY PATTERSON 10/05/2000 43 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 44 0 0
TIMOTHÈE PEMBÈLÈ 09/09/2002 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
ALEX PRITCHARD** 03/05/1993 9 14 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 14 1
ADAM RICHARDSON 07/09/2003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHRIS RIGG 18/06/2007 6 12 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 12 3
PATRICK ROBERTS 05/02/1997 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 10 0
NAZARIY RUSYN 25/10/1998 9 12 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 12 2
JENSON SEELT 23/05/2003 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 0
MICHAEL SPELLMAN 21/09/2002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CALLUM STYLES*** 28/03/2000 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
ELLIS TAYLOR 14/04/2003 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NECTAR TRIANTIS* 11/05/2003 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
TOMMY WATSON 08/04/2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MATTHEW YOUNG 24/11/2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OWN GOALS 1 0 0 0
*Currently out on loan **Have departed the club ***On loan to Sunderland
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LEAGUE TABLE
2023/24
HOME
# CLUB P W D L F A W D L F A +/- PTS FORM GUIDE
1 IPSWICH 43 15 6 1 57 32 11 5 5 28 21 +32 89
2 LEICESTER 42 15 1 4 40 15 13 3 6 39 23 +41 88
3 LEEDS 43 16 5 1 44 14 10 4 7 32 20 +42 87
4 SOUTHAMPTON 42 15 3 4 54 28 10 6 4 30 26 +30 84
5 WEST BROM 43 14 4 4 35 17 6 8 7 31 25 +24 72
6 NORWICH 43 15 2 4 40 19 6 6 10 36 41 +16 71
7 HULL 42 8 8 6 32 24 10 3 7 30 30 +8 65
8 COVENTRY 42 9 8 3 32 20 8 4 10 34 32 +14 63
9 MIDDLESBROUGH 43 9 4 8 24 21 9 5 8 37 35 +5 63
10 PRESTON 43 11 4 7 35 33 7 5 9 21 27 -4 63
11 CARDIFF 43 9 3 9 24 27 9 2 11 24 33 -12 59
12 BRISTOL CITY 43 10 4 8 29 21 6 6 9 21 25 +4 58
13 SUNDERLAND 43 10 2 9 30 27 6 6 10 22 23 +2 56
14 SWANSEA 43 8 5 9 26 27 6 6 9 27 35 -9 53
15 WATFORD 43 5 8 8 31 28 7 8 7 28 30 +1 52
16 MILLWALL 43 8 5 9 21 29 5 6 10 21 26 -13 50
17 BLACKBURN 43 6 6 9 26 31 7 4 11 31 40 -14 49
18 PLYMOUTH 43 9 5 8 40 35 3 7 11 18 31 -8 48
19 QPR 43 5 6 10 23 32 7 5 10 17 25 -17 47
20 STOKE 43 6 6 9 17 27 6 5 11 24 33 -19 47
21 BIRMINGHAM 43 9 6 7 30 25 3 3 15 18 39 -16 45
22 HUDDERSFIELD 43 6 7 8 25 31 3 10 9 22 39 -23 44
23 SHEFF WED 43 7 7 8 24 27 5 1 15 12 40 -31 44
R ROTHERHAM 43 4 7 10 19 26 0 4 18 13 59 -53 23
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INTERIM HEAD COACH: MIKE DODDS
SUNDERLAND AFC
1 ANTHONY PATTERSON GK
2 NIALL HUGGINS
3 DENNIS CIRKIN
4 CORRY EVANS
5 DANIEL BALLARD
6 TIMOTHÉE PEMBÉLÉ
7 JOBE BELLINGHAM
8 ELLIOT EMBLETON
9 HEMIR
10 PATRICK ROBERTS
11 MASON BURSTOW
13 LUKE O’NIEN
14 ROMAINE MUNDLE
15 NAZARIY RUSYN
17 ABDOULLAH BA
18 ELLIS TAYLOR
20 JACK CLARKE
22 ADIL AOUCHICHE
23 JENSON SEELT
24 DAN NEIL
28 CALLUM STYLES
30 NATHAN BISHOP GK
31 CHRIS RIGG
32 TRAI HUME
33 LEO HJELDE
39 PIERRE EKWAH
40 TOMMY WATSON
41 ZAK JOHNSON
42 AJI ALESE
45 MATTHEW YOUNG GK
46 BRADLEY DACK
48 CADEN KELLY
49 THOMAS LAVERY
HEAD COACH: NEIL HARRIS
MILLWALL2
DANNY MCNAMARA
3 MURRAY WALLACE
4 SHAUN HUTCHINSON
5 JAKE COOPER
6 JAPHET TANGANGA
7 KEVIN NISBET
8 BILLY MITCHELL
9 TOM BRADSHAW
10 ZIAN FLEMMING
11 RYAN LONGMAN
12 ADAM MAYOR
14 ALLAN CAMPBELL
15 JOE BRYAN
17 BROOKE NORTON-CUFFY
18 RYAN LEONARD
19 DUNCAN WATMORE
20 MATIJA ŠARKIĆ GK
21 MICHAEL OBAFEMI
22 AIDOMO EMAKHU
23 GEORGE SAVILLE
24 CASPER DE NORRE
25 ROMAIN ESSE
27 CONNAL TRUEMAN GK
33 BARTOSZ BIAŁKOWSKI GK
39 GEORGE HONEYMAN
45 WES HARDING
REFEREE: ANTHONY BACKHOUSE
ASSISTANT REFEREES: ROBERT HYDE & CARL FITCH-JACKSON
FOURTH OFFICIAL: MARTIN WOODS